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IntroductionTim Sylvia is the most physically imposing two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion in the sport's early era. At 6'8" and 265 lb, the Ellsworth, Maine-born fighter defined the reach-and-jab heavyweight archetype across four years of UFC championship competition (2003-2007). Sylvia is perhaps best remembered for two moments: the UFC 48 forearm fracture against Frank Mir — where he continued fighting with a visibly broken arm until the referee intervened — and the stunning loss to Randy Coutu

IntroductionAndrei Arlovski is the most decorated Belarusian UFC fighter in history and one of the longest-serving athletes in UFC heavyweight competition. A Babruysk-born, two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion who held the belt from April 2005 to April 2006, Arlovski defined the post-Mir, pre-Lesnar UFC heavyweight era with an aggressive pressure-boxing style and legitimate knockout power. He returned to the UFC in 2015 after years competing in Strikeforce and DREAM, extending his career into his e

IntroductionCalvin Kattar is the most technically refined boxing-based featherweight contender in modern UFC history. A Methuen, Massachusetts-born fighter who trains with Team Fish Tank in New England, Kattar built a UFC featherweight career defined by an iron chin, elite-level boxing technique, and the willingness to fight anyone. He is most widely known for two landmark fights: the January 2021 UFC Fight Night headliner loss to Max Holloway — in which Holloway landed 445 significant strikes a

IntroductionAnthony Smith is the most prolific active light-heavyweight contender in modern UFC history. A Fort Dodge, Iowa-born fighter who has competed at both middleweight and light-heavyweight across nearly two decades of professional competition, Smith has produced one of the most durable and uniquely personal career stories in modern MMA — including a UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship challenge against Jon Jones at UFC 235 in March 2019 and a career that has featured publicly discussed pe

IntroductionAntonio 'Bigfoot' Silva is the most physically unique heavyweight in modern UFC history. A Brazilian heavyweight with the medical condition of acromegaly — a hormonal disorder producing excessive growth hormone that gives Silva his distinctive enlarged facial features and the 'Bigfoot' nickname — Silva produced one of the most stunning upsets of the Strikeforce era when he defeated Fedor Emelianenko in 2011 via split decision, ending Fedor's legendary decade-long unbeaten streak in p

IntroductionChad Mendes is the most decorated featherweight contender of the Jose Aldo era who never held a championship. A Cal Poly-educated NCAA Division I wrestler with the nickname 'Money', Mendes fought Jose Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship twice (2012, 2014), competed against Conor McGregor for the interim UFC Featherweight Championship at UFC 189 in July 2015, and was consistently regarded as the division's top contender throughout the Aldo championship years. The two-year USAD

IntroductionMark Munoz is the most decorated Filipino-American fighter in UFC middleweight history. A former NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion at Oklahoma State University, Munoz combined an elite-level wrestling base with devastating ground-and-pound to produce one of the most physically dominant UFC middleweight careers of the 2010-2014 era. 'The Filipino Wrecking Machine' never received a formal title shot despite consistent top-five rankings, and his career defined the ceiling of t

IntroductionMartin Kampmann was one of the most technically gifted welterweights of his era — a Danish striker trained in Copenhagen who produced two of the most celebrated single-fight finishes in UFC welterweight history: the Dan Hardy standing guillotine choke and the Carlos Condit fourth-round TKO that still stands as one of the best late-round comebacks at 170 lb. Kampmann passed away on February 11, 2023 at the age of 39, following a courageous battle with glioblastoma multiforme brain can

IntroductionOvince Saint Preux, known universally by the initials OSP, is the most athletically unorthodox light-heavyweight in modern UFC history. A Haitian-born, Knoxville, Tennessee-raised fighter who brought a portfolio of spinning and unorthodox attacks to the 205 lb division, OSP built a decade-long UFC career defined by spectacular KO finishes and multiple Performance of the Night bonuses. He challenged Jon Jones for the UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship at UFC 197 in April 2016, losing

IntroductionAntonio Silva — universally known as Bigfoot — is the most medically unique heavyweight in UFC history. Born in Irecê, Bahia, Brazil in 1979, Silva has a documented case of acromegaly — a condition caused by excess growth hormone production from a pituitary gland tumour, resulting in enlarged bones in the hands, feet, and face. The condition produced the exceptionally large facial features that gave him his nickname and also created a medically exempted testosterone replacement thera

IntroductionRoy Nelson is the most celebrated power-punching heavyweight of the post-Brock Lesnar UFC era who never held a championship. A Las Vegas-born, TUF 10-winning heavyweight known universally as 'Big Country', Nelson combined a jiu-jitsu black belt (ADCC finalist), an unconventional pot-belly physique, and the most feared single right-hand KO power in UFC heavyweight history outside of Derrick Lewis. The beard, the belly, the bowl cut, and the one-punch KO power made Nelson one of the mo